Help me find touring or MTB shoes please!
I just bought a pair of Pearl Izumi X-Alp Seek MTB shoes to wear for touring. They have the recessed cleat option (SPD) so you can walk in them easily and they look kind of like tennis shoes. These are great shoes, but the problem is that I'm allergic to the foam padding behind the lining of the shoe upper. This is a condition I've had for 30 years, but I noticed in recent years shoes have been made with materials other than "foam" and I haven't had problems. These shoes are made in China and I suspect the foam is cheap stuff that causes my allergy to resurface. Does anyone know of any MTB or touring shoe with recessed cleats that is leather or at least does not have a foam padding behind the lining of the shoe? When I rode 20 years ago I had an all-leather Diadora road shoe lined with real chamois, but I don't want a road shoe now. The bummer is I'm already out 90 bucks for these shoes and I had to wear them a couple of times before I got the rash and realized I was allergic.